Kaye Johnston

2007-Kaye Johnston is a soulful and talented songwriter who performs her music with great emotion and grace. Musical from the tender age four, Kaye is classically trained in piano and voice and also plays mandolin and guitar. Her musical gifts have taken Kaye to performances as far away as the UK, at clubs and pubs, to as close as neighborhood coffeehouses in the Midwest. Kaye has been the main performer at many venues in Westport and the Crossroads Arts District in Kansas City, MO and has opened for national acts Dana Cooper and Ruckus and the Trousers. Kaye is currently working on her third CD “UpClose and Personal” with a release date of December 2007.Kaye has spent most of the past several years developing her original music and creative mandolin techniques. Some of these are expressed in her 2006 CD 'Hard Times'. In late 2006, Kaye began work on her second CD 'Simple Things' based upon her original music performed by her and her band members of Kaysville. The band gives a pleasing twist on the rock themes in Kayes original songs with electric guitar, bass and drums. Michael J., Duane Woner and Joe Cardador helped take this CD up a notch. Kaye plays both mandolin and octave mandolin and vocals in these cuts.Kaye currently performs three to four times a month at various songwriter acoustic venues in the Midwest. On her newest CD, the first cut "Who I Am" showcases Kaye's gift for creating meaningful songs with catchy lyrics and melodies. Kaye dives deep into the human spirit by crafting well-appointed lyrics into rockin' melodies complete with complex and syncopated rhythms. Expressive vocals and memorable melodies on guitar give this CD special appeal. Listening to Kaye is like bringing a dear friend into your home. Kaye's 'UpClose and Personal' CD includes ten great original songs artfully produced.Venues for Performances 2006 and 2007: Spring in the Park Corbin Theater, Liberty, MO; The Bullet Bar, Kentish Town, London UK; Out of the Bedroom at Canon's, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; Tulliebole Castle, Crook of Devon, Scotland, UK; The Kings Arms, London, UK; New Kansas City Library, Downtown KCMO; Sherwoodstock. Stewartsville, MO; Main Street Coffee House, Independence, MO; bar Natasha Opener for Ruckus and the Trousers, Crossroads, KCMO; 1924 Main Cellar Gallery & Lounge, Crossroads, KCMO; The Fringe Festival at the Bohemian Gallery, Crossroad, KCMO; 2004 Grand Gallery in the Crossroads, KCMO; Sweetwater House Concerts Opener for Dana Cooper, Plaza, KCMO; Westport Coffee House, Westport, KCMO; Totos Fine Coffees, Mission, KS; Crave Café, KCMO; All Souls Coffee House, Plaza, KCMO Corbin Theatre, Liberty, MO River Rock Coffee Company, Parkville, MO Private House Concerts, Mission Hills, KS Doc's Original Coffeehouse, Lees Summit, MO J.Barleycorn's in Wichita, Kansas, Power Plant Brewery, Parkville, MO RJ's Bob Be Cue Shack, Mission, KS Watkins Mill Music Festival and Back Porch Jam, Lawson, MO Kaye has two Song Pulls at http://www.songpull.com/performance/view_video/152